In Our Care

John L. Tufts, age 93, of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, died, Monday, August 19, 2019 while surrounded by his family.  John proudly served his country in the United States Navy.  Private committal with full military honors will be held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  A complete notice will follow. 

Mary Lou Simonson, age 79, of Scandia, died, Saturday, August 17, 2019 while surrounded by her family at Birchwood Health Care Center.  Mary Lou Simonson was a graduate of Stillwater High School in 1958 as Mary Louise Zimmer.  She was raised in Marine on St. Croix and kindled an interest in Floyd Simonson who became her husband in 1961 at Christ Lutheran Church in Marine on St. Croix.  Soon after she was married, she and Floyd moved into the Scandia home place that Floyd was...

Irene Anderson (nee Larson), age 101, of Coon Lake, Minnesota, passed away August 17, 2019.  She was born October 23, 1917 to G. Emil and Edna (Anderson) Larson.  Irene graduated from Forest Lake High School, Class of 1935.  She was employed at Benson & Petersons Dealership in Forest Lake as their personal bookkeeper.  She was a life-long member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, East Bethel, Minnesota.  She is preceded in death by her parents; husband,...

Irene M. (nee Carr) Balzart, age 94, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2019.  Irene was born July 13, 1925 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  She was a woman ahead of her time.  She worked with Howard Hughes in San Diego, California as a Rosie Riveter during WWII.  Following the war, she moved back to Saint Paul, Minnesota where she worked for Strauss Knitting Mills, Pearson’s Candy Company, and owned a dress shop in White Bear Lake called...

Charles R. Quast, age 84, of East Bethel, Minnesota, passed away peacefully, Monday, August 12, 2019.  He is preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Katherine; wife, Darlene; great-granddaughter, Brooklynn Mae Tamm; brothers, Paul and Roger Quast.  He is survived by his children, Chuck, Brian, Carrie (Jim) Allen; grandchildren, Angela (Jon) Tramm, Tyler Allen, Brindy (Mike) Falz; siblings, Mary Hagen, Margaret Kaufold, Ken (Nancy) Quast, Leon Quast; nieces, nephews, family...

Robert “Bobby Dale” Engquist, Forest Lake, Minnesota., found peace in the arms of the Lord early Monday morning, August 12, 2019. Born March 6, 1947, Bob was the only son of Delores and C. Edgar Engquist. Entertainer and long-time voice of the Minnesota State Fair Bandshell, Bobby Dale loved time with family, trips to Hawaii with Susan and time on the golf course. Bob was preceded in death by parents. He is survived by wife, Susan (Myers) Engquist; daughter, Amanda (Tom)...

Jeanette L. Marcott, age 95, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, died Saturday, August 10, 2019 at the Birchwood Health Care Center.  Jeanette Leona Marcott was born July 9, 1924, in Chisago City, Minnesota to Frithjof and Anna Irene (Nicklason) Wiberg.  She was united in marriage to Floyd H. Marcott from Saint Paul, Minnesota.  They had two children, Karen and Gordon.  During Floyd’s military service they lived in Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Washington and New Hampshire. ...

Brian Tytor, passed away peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on August 4, 2019. He was preceded in death by parents, Ed & Florence Tytor; brother, Neal. He is survived by sisters, Trudy (Bob) Jischke of Sister Bay, WI & Gail (Bill) Nadon of Centerville, MN.  Brian grew up on the family farm in Maplehurst Township, near Withee, WI. He attended & graduated from Owen-Withee schools. Later he moved to River Falls, WI to “The Acre”. In more recent years he hung...

Louis Larkey, age 80 of Scandia, Minnesota passed away on August 2, 2019. “Louie” was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 5, 1939 to George and Emma Larkey.   He had three brothers and one sister.  (John, George, Richard and Rose Marie) Louie was the third from the oldest sibling. He graduated from Johnson High School in St. Paul in 1957.  He was always very proud of the hockey team Johnson had.  Herb Brooks was a member of the hockey team and he was...

Ardith grew up in Golden, Colorado.   She assisted her grandmother, Marie Kristine Englin in managing the household and caring for her siblings because her mother, Adeline Anderson Nelson worked full time at Coors Porcelain plant to support the family. Ardith married Charles William “Bill” Watson on November 4, 1954.  She and Bill had two daughters, Valorie and Sydni who they raised in Arvada, Colorado. After the girls had grown, they moved to Florissant, Colorado...